Mark 6:18-20 For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife.

Wesley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod, It is not lawful for thee, to have thy brother's wife. ¹⁹ Therefore Herodias was incensed against him, and was desirous to have killed him; but she could not. ²⁰ For Herod reverenced John, knowing that he was a just and holy man, and preserved him: and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.